Drapery-hook



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B. S. KENNBY. DRAPBRY HOOK.

N0."345,904. Patented July 20, 1886.

mineduai 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ED\VARD S. KENNEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DRAPERY-HOOK.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,904, dated July 20, 1886.

Application filed February 15, 1886. Serial No. 191,979.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. KENNEY, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Ornamental Drapery Hook and Pin, of which the following'is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hooks that are used for hanging curtains or draperies upon the poles or rods by which they are supported; and the object I have in view is to provide a hook that may readily be I applied to or detached from a curtain or other drapery, and shall form also an ornament thereto.

To this end my invention consists, generally, in a drapery-hook to be used in connection with adrapery, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a partial front elevation of a curtain having several of my hooks applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of a curtain-pole and a portion of a curtain with one of the hooks in position.

I11 the drawings, 2 represents a portion of a curtain or drapery.

The drapery-hook is applicable to a curtain or drapery of any description, but isusually applied to one that is supported by rings 5 upon a suitable pole, 3. I provide an ornamental hook and pin by which the curtain may be secured to the rings or to any other suitable support.

The hook 7 is provided with a support, 9, which receives the curtain, andwith an ornamental head, 1.1,which is so arranged that it comes on the front side of the curtain when in position.

Asapreferable construction,I form the hook 7 and the support 9 in one piece, and secure the head 11 to the end of the support or stem 9, as shown in Fig. 2. The point of the hook is preferably sharp, so that it will readily pierce the drapery.

In applying the device to a curtain the hook is inserted from the front of the curtain, and pushed through until the curtain rests upon the pin or stem 9,with the head 11 against the front. The hooks may then be inserted in eyes 13 on the rings 5, or they maybe hooked into or over any other suitable support-s.

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The head 11 is preferably formed separate from the hook, and it may be secured to the end of the stem by solder or by any other suitable means. A hole may be formed through thehead,and the hook may be inserted through this hole. The head may be formed of any suitable metal-such as brassor of any other suitable material, and it may be of any suitable size and shape. The pin or support 9 may be of any preferred length. The hook may be formed of brass or othersuitable metal.

I prefer to form the device with the stem 9 at an acute angle to the upper part of the hook, so that when the curtain is supported thereon its weight will swing the hook slightly back, and bring the pin into a substantially hori-. zontal position, as shown in Fig. 2. This feature may, however, be omitted, if preferred. 1

In every instance the hook is provided with a support that receives and holds the curtain, and with an ornamental head that is secured to the hook and comes on the front of the curtain when the device is in position. I

The hook can. be readily applied to any drapery, and as readily removed without injury to the fabric. It forms a convenient and desirable means for supporting the drapery, and instead of detracting from its appearance the heads form attractive ornaments thereon, and the other parts of the device are hidden by the drapery.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with a support and a drapcry, 2, of a hook, 7, formed with a stem, 9, and an ornamental head, said drapery being supported on said stem, and said hook being connected to said support,and having its head on the front of the drapery, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February, 1886.

EDVARD S. KENNEY.

In presence of A. (3. PAUL, R. H. Samoan. 

